General Knowledge Quiz 1028 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which artists or group won the Grammy for Best R & B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1997, for their cover of a 1974 hit for Roberta Flack?
2. What is determined by the formula:pi multiplied by the radius squared and the perpendicular height divided by 3?
3. Who married Jay-Z in New York City on 4 April 2008?
4. Up until what Olympics was there a standing tradition to create mascots of national or regional significance for the host city or to events in the Olympics?
5. In American football, who stands behind the centre and calls the play?
6. What was the top selling song in 1940?
7. What is found on a charcuterie board?
8. Of these main rivers of Russia which has headwaters outside its borders?
9. What is the name for a mysteriously flattened area in a field?
10. The Cocos Islands are in which body of water?
11. What is the name of a pipe originating in India and Persia where smoke passes from a bowl to a water bottle and thence by a tube to the mouth?
12. What is the base of the Tunisian dessert dish known as asidet zgougou?
13. The character, Hetty, in the US TV series "NCIS:Los Angeles" is shown as having a Masters degree from the Sorbonne in what?
14. When the Badminton World Federation was first formed in 1934 (initially as the International Badminton Federation) where was it located?
15. In heraldry, which of these terms describes a lion standing on its left rear paw and looking over its shoulder?
16. What car, intended as a competitor to the Ford Mustang, was unveiled at a press conference by Chevrolet on 12 September 1966?
17. Who directed the 2005 film "Munich" ?
18. Dancer and choreographer Neil Ieremia is the founder of which contemporary dance company?
19. The Spittal Pond Nature Reserve is a home to what critically endangered animal?
20. The single rule of sudoku is what?